curl -i -X POST -d username=admin -d password='pass' -c ./cookies.txt http://ip_address:9080/nbapiemswsweb/login
curl -v -i -H “Content-Type:application/json” -X GET -b ./cookies.txt 'http://ip_address:9080/nbapiemswsweb/rest/v1/Search/Element'

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth
import json

url = "http://IP_ADDRESS:9080/nbapiemswsweb/login"

myResponse = requests.post(url,auth=HTTPDigestAuth(raw_input("username: "), raw_input("Password: ")), verify=True)
print (myResponse.status_code)

python restapi.py
username: admin
Password: pass
401